For a mother who has spent her entire life loving and raising her child, being beaten and mercilessly thrown out onto the streets by her own son is too heartbreaking to overcome. But this is a common story among the elderly residents of the Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. “I’ve seen mothers in old and torn clothes, their bodies smelling and their hands and feet rotting and covered in maggots,” shares Dr. G.P. Bhagat, founder of the ashram. These abandoned elderly men and women lay starving on the streets hoping for someone to rescue them from their suffering. But most people walk past them without a second glance. “Like this”, Dr. Bhagat explains, “many elders die on the roads.”Since 2003, SHEOWS (Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society) has rescued over 10,000 elderly people from the streets and given them a home with care and support. The elderly staying at the ashram have all been abandoned by their families and have nowhere else to live. Your support can give them comfort after their abandonment. Donate now.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India). Safe and loving homeFor 20 years, SHEOWS has been providing free shelter, nutritious food three times a day, clothing, medical care, recreation activities and emotional support to abused and disabled elderly people rescued from the streets of Delhi. The Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram has a dedicated rescue team that saves the elderly from the streets and gives them immediate medical care upon their arrival at the home. To tend to the multiple health complications of the seniors, the home has a medical facility with doctors and nurses, a physiotherapy unit, a pathology lab, a digital X-ray monitoring machine and a pharmacy to provide 24-hour care to older adults anytime they require assistance, even during emergencies. Dr. Bhagat prioritizes the health of the seniors and ensures that they receive three balanced meals a day based on their precise health requirements. Need for the fundraiserThe humanitarian mission of SHEOWS is making an impact in the area, as more and more people are being rescued and brought to Guru Vishram Vridh Ashram. To meet the financial costs of running the home, SHEOWS needs support to continue providing the residents with all the facilities that they need. This includes constant care and round-the-clock medical attention, nutritious food and maintaining a hygienic environment to keep the seniors in comfort and good health. Dr. Bhagat explains that as the number of residents is increasing, SHEOWS needs support for food and medicines. “I request you to help these elderly parents lead a peaceful life.”Donate now to help Dr. Bhagat continue caring for the 500 destitute elderly and giving them shelter, food, medical care and the will to carry on living despite their tragic abandonment by their families. Your support will enable SHEOWS to keep serving abandoned senior citizens and help them recover from the trauma of abandonment and life on the streets. “I have been serving these elderly as if they were my own parents”, shares Dr. Bhagat. “I want only one thing - their tears should vanish and they should have a smile on their faces.” To help Dr. Bhagat achieve this dream, your support is critical. Donate now to help SHEOWS care for more abandoned elderly. Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest online donation platform, to support SHEOWS in their mission to rescue the abandoned elderly from the streets and give them shelter, food, medical care, recreational activities and emotional support.

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“My 8-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer and it left the entire family devastated. I was told the cost of treatment would run into lakhs. I was barely managing to make ends meet and there was nothing I could do to save Swaroop. But the Nargis Dutt Foundation stepped in and took care of all the expenses. I can’t even imagine the consequences had they not been there for my son,,” says teary-eyed Devendra.The helplessness that Devendra felt is not uncommon among low-income families of cancer patients. There are many who helplessly see their dear ones, including children, lose their life in the most painful manner. Nargis Dutt Foundation has ensured that thousands of families don’t see this fate. It’s been a ray of hope for thousands of cancer patients since its inception over 40 years back. You can help save many more patients with cancer. Donate now.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), &amp; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA). The cost of each chemotherapy is as much as ₹15,000 and a cancer patient can require between 6 to 12 sessions. The hefty cost for cancer treatment is well beyond the reach for poor families that are barely surviving on two square meals a day. Help Nargis Dutt Foundation provide treatment to poor cancer patients and save them from a slow and painful death.Giving hope to cancer patients“I was just 13 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. When I saw my mother struggling for life it left a lifelong impact on me. Her condition had deteriorated to such an extent she was almost unrecognisable. I know how it feels like to lose a loved one to cancer and I am not alone in my grief. There are thousands of people struggling to save their family members,” says Priya, daughter of noted actress Nargis Dutt, who lost her life to cancer, and in whose name the NGO has been founded. Priya has made it her life’s mission to save as many cancer patients as she can, but she can not do it alone. Nargis Dutt Foundation needs your support. Your donation can not only save cancer patients but can give life to entire families.Need for the fundraiserCancer is often seen as a death sentence. But doctors say that if detected early and if a patient receives essential treatment, the illness can be defeated and the person can return to their lives. “Treatment of cancer often depends on multiple factors including the type of cancer and the stage in which it is detected. Some patients require surgery while some can be cured with just chemotherapy or immunotherapy. “Whatever may be the need, our nonprofit supports patients till the time they are cancer free. We not only take care of the cost of treatment but even assist patients with nutrition which is vital in the fight against cancer. Moreover, we ensure that family members who are already facing immense hardships get proper accommodation and food during treatment so they don’t suffer any further,” says the NGO leader. With your support, Nargis Dutt Foundation can help patients win the fight against cancer and save their families from grief of losing a loved one.Donate to this fundraiser by Give, India’s largest and most trusted fundraising platform, to support Nargis Dutt Foundation in their mission to give life-saving chemotherapy and care to cancer patients who can not afford treatment.

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The joy of an elderly seeing their granddaughter’s face for the first time or being able to see sunlight after years of visual impairment is invaluable. Our NGO partner, Nanritam, has given such priceless moments of joy and the gift of sight to thousands of underprivileged seniors who could not afford surgeries. Working in remote villages where it is common for young sons to leave behind their elderly parents in search of livelihood, Nanritam has been a saviour for the visually impaired elderly. Nanritam is in urgent need of funds to be able to provide eye treatment and cataract surgeries to underprivileged elderly in the backward district of Purulia, West Bengal. Donate now to provide life-changing surgeries.Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India).Giving the elderly gift of sight“The extent of illiteracy and poverty in the villages of Purulia is shocking. These villages are so remote that not even one eye-care institution has ever reached here. Blindness leaves the elderly so helpless that they are even unable to care for themselves and lead normal lives”, says Ranjana Sengupta, Secretary, Nanritam who has been at the forefront of the NGO’s operations. Nanritam is an organisation of several eye doctors who treat patients for free in far-flung areas.Due to limited livelihood opportunities in backward areas, able-bodied persons often migrate to urban areas for better prospects, leaving their elderly parents behind to fend for themselves. Compounding this situation, many seniors grapple with visual impairment caused by cataract, leading to partial or complete blindness. Ranjana emphasises, "The elderly may not be aware that a quick 5-minute cataract surgery has the power to transform their entire lives."Donate to Nanritam now to provide free cataract surgeries to the elderly and change their lives.Why donate to the fundraiser?“We are in urgent need of funds to purchase modern equipment and to cover operating costs to give vision to the elderly who can't even afford basic treatment and medical care. I urge you to support us in this noble mission and help the elderly get their vision back,” says Ranjana.Donate to this fundraiser on Give, India’s largest and most trusted online donation platform, to help underprivileged elderly get their vision back with free cataract surgeries.

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Kshamata works on rehabilitating and reintegrating into society the women who are survivors of trafficking, or are most vulnerable to trafficking – e.g., those who are homeless, are minors being discharged from government homes on attaining the adult status, and women who have been deserted by family.Kshamata's vision is to have a world free of exploitation, where women can live confident lives, with a clear sense of positive identity and self-worth.Kshamata’s mission is to create an enabling environment wherein the survivors of trafficking or those who are vulnerable to it, are able to choose and participate in their economic and social integration through a series of interventions leading to their empowerment and sustainable future. Kshamata therefore works with the whole range of women in distress – homeless, destitute, and survivors of different kinds of exploitation, especially women trafficked for prostitution or bonded labour – to help them recover their dignity in life and enable satisfactory psychological, social and economic reintegration.

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Dear donors, we are excited to share with you the latest developments and achievements in our mission to empower women and improve their lives. Your generous support has been instrumental in making the following initiatives possible: ➤ Imparted life skills to 85 women➤ Provided nutrition supplements, personal care items, and groceries to 42 women➤ Organized three health camps, benefitting 96 women➤ Imparted Spoken English and basic literacy skills to 33 women at the center➤ Trained 51 women in basic sewing and embroidery skills To continue this vital work and reach even more women in need, we kindly ask for your continued support and additional donations.

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Your contributions have been invaluable in providing 180 women (in-house and outreach program) with the help and resources they need to live a life of dignity. Our sincere thanks for your efforts. None of this would have been possible without the aid of our generous donors. Below is a chart offering a glimpse of the incredible work donated funds will be used to achieve over 2 years. Despite the outstanding donor response, Kshamata still needs more funds to achieve our goal of rescuing innumerable girls who are trapped in an endless cycle of forced prostitution and violence. Donate now to save their lives from the darkest of fates.

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The trafficking of children and women is a serious concern in India. According to a report published by the US Department of State, India is the source, destination, and transit country for human trafficking. The statistics of theMinistry of Women and Child Development state that 19,223 women and children were trafficked in 2016 against 15,448 in 2015, with the highest number of victims being recorded in the eastern state of West Bengal. People from scheduled castes and tribes and the women and children from excluded groups of the society are generally lured by a promise of a better lifestyle and employment opportunity and sold off by the agents.Human trafficking is considered to be the third largest organized crime globally and the number is increasing every year. Poverty, uneven employment, gender discrimination, harmful traditional and cultural practices and lack of proper policy implementation to end this grave condition are some of the causes of human trafficking in India.Almost 80% of all worldwide trafficking is for sexual exploitation, with an estimated 1.2 million children being bought and sold into sexual slavery every year. India as a nation is still being used by the traffickers as receiving, sending and transit country. Women and girls are the main victims of human trafficking in India. They are then forced into prostitution, forced marriage, and domestic work. Based on a report published by the government of India, there are approximately 10 million sex workers in India, out of which 1,00,000 belong to Mumbai alone which is Asia’s largest sex industry centre.In addition to trafficking for prostitution, girls and women are also bought and sold into forcedmarriages in women deficit areas due to female infanticide. In many cases, trafficked children and women are at the risk of all manner of ills, from unwanted pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, cervical cancer, severe physical injury, violence, drug abuse and more, not to mention the emotional trauma and long-run psychological impact. After the rescue, women are placed with the state government-run shelter homes which comeunder the Women and Child Development Department (WCD), provide a safe and protected environment and basic facilities such as food, clothing, shelter, security, medical assistance training related facilities, legal aid, and so on.In order to reintegrate them into society, they need to be provided with proper medical care, life skills, education, and must be made aware of issues pertaining to their well-being. 
 Kshamata, therefore, proposes to work on developing a model for integrated socio-economic rehabilitation and reintegration of vulnerable women including abandoned women, destitute women, victims of abuse, and exploitation and survivors of trafficking in Mumbai and Thane. The project involves ongoing counselling, direct health interventions and formal as well informaleducation for women which will help them lead a healthy and respectful life in future.We are thankful to Morgan Stanley for giving us an opportunity to exhibit and sell hand-made products being made by women in shelter homes. We wish to have continued support in the near future which will enable us to liberate the women and make them independent in every aspect of their lives. Followings are the few areas of interventions where we require your support:Health Care1. Health check-up camps and medical aid:The shelter homes in Mumbai and Thane do not have sufficient health resources in hand which eventually affects the well being of young women, making them more vulnerable during their detention period. Regular health check camps will help them prevent chronical illnesses as well as infectious diseases like skin infections.We plan to organized four different camps, namely general medical camp, breast cancer detection camp, eye and dental camp in a year. Follow up will be taken by a team of field coordinators with the help of volunteers. Furthermore, women/adolescent girls who are in need of immediate medical attention will be taken care of on a priority basis.2. Psychosocial care and counselling: (Mental Health Care)Counselling is an indispensable part of mental health care. This is the first step but continues throughout the engagement. Women and children who experience abuse and trauma carry the heavy emotional, social, and spiritual burdens associated with separation from and loss of loved ones, attack and victimisation, sexual assault, economic ruin, and disruption of the normal patterns of living. Psycho-social programs seek to limit these effects and prevent further harmful events and strengthen their coping mechanisms.3. Health Awareness:Women and girls who have been the victims of sexual abuse, trafficking or any kind of violence become more vulnerable to health issues. Making them aware of health hazards, treatments, prevention and nutrition will be the main focus of this programme.4. Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM):Adolescent girls constitute an extremely vulnerable group, particularly in India where the female child is neglected. Menstruation is still regarded as something unclean or dirty in Indian society. The reaction to menstruation depends upon awareness and knowledge about the subject. The manner in which a girl learns about menstruation and its associated changes may have an impact on her response to the event of menarche. Although menstruation is a natural process, it is linked with several misconceptions and practices, which sometimes result in adverse health outcomes. Hygiene-related practices of women during menstruation are of considerable importance, as it has a health impact in termsof increased vulnerability to reproductive tract infections (RTI).However, proper menstrual hygiene and correct perceptions and beliefs can protect the women from this suffering. The adolescent girls and women from shelter homes are more prone to it because of inadequate access to primary health services and poor hygiene during periods. Kshamata has already run a pilot programme with over 100 girls in three different shelter homes in 2016-17. Education1. Formal and Informal educationKshamata requires educational support for our residential girls at Kshamata Transformation Center (KTC) in terms of educational fee sponsorship, the requirement of long exercise books and reliable textbooks. This year, we have twenty girls who are willing to pursue formal educational course through an Open University like NIOS and distance educational universities such as Mumbai University, Kalina. The young women who have never gone to school will be enabled through informal learning under adult literacy programme. They will be taught their signatures along with basic knowledge in terms of speaking, writing and comprehension of Hindi and English language.2. Computer EducationWe have been running computer literacy classes in two shelter homes for both girls and boys. This year, MS Office and internet programmes will be covered under computer education for which we are planning to extend these classes to two more homes in Ulhasnagar area and we plan to hire a tutor who can impart the course in a professional way. We request Morgan Stanley Foundation to help us by sponsoring the tutor’s honorarium. Details are given in the enclosed budget sheet.3. Life skills education:Life skills are necessary to recognize and manage our own and others’ emotions. Considering the problems and crisis faced by the women in the past, it will be good to have some life skills trainingimparted to them in order to make them lead a confident and respectful life. Life skills like sessions on decision making, communication skills, self-awareness, problem-solving, time management, etc. can be organized. Experts would be brought in conducting these pieces of training on a bi-weekly basis once the women are identified and committed to the intervention programme. The sessions will be conducted in three shelter homes for the girls aged between 14-18 years.Life skills will help sustain the various skills that the girl/woman acquires and developes through different training sessions. 
 Expected outcomes:• Improved health status and reduced sickness• Information on nutritious food converting into better eating habits• Increased awareness on menstrual hygiene, nutritious food, health and hygiene• Reduction in the vulnerability level• Raised level of self-confidence• Enhanced employability and improved skillsIndicators:• 150 women/girls have been given counselling, life-skills and vocational training over a periodof 12 months.• 20 girls are supported with formal education under NIOS and they have been encouraged topursue higher education• 100% of women/girls are aware of menstrual hygiene practices• Increased awareness among women and girls regarding basic health and nutritionamong 100% women / girls• 200 benefit from the medical camps• 200 girls received counselling and life skills

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